Mommytoons…

Ok, so it’s obviously late because my drawing skills are slack and my keyboard is broken so I’m having to use the on screen keypad and it’s a HUGE pain to have to click on each letter with my mouse especially when my eyes are about to cross and I’m not sure why I somehow decided to write (click) so much here but thus is the course of my life as is the comic below. She actually worded it much funnier but I’m too tired to remember…

Mommytoons…The Happy Homemaker

So, I got up early this morning and decided it would be nice to surprise the kids with a extra nice breakfast since we’re usually rushing out the door with a poptart…  Apparently I don’t do this often…

Mommytoons–The Quarry

Ryan and I have been doing a lot of shopping locally for stone for our new landscaping project…

He’s SO lucky I have a sense of humor! :)

Memory Lane...The Lion Incident

One day, long ago, I took the boys on a trip to the local zoo with my brother and some girl who we won’t mention.  Anyway, we were all over looking at the Lions and Adam was telling us this great story about how when people go to the circus and sit in the front near the lion tamers that they are sitting in the splash zone because the lions like to SPRAY people.  We were getting a TMI explanation of this when I noticed the Lion we were watching start to back up to the bars only a few feet from my brother…  I barely had time to scream, “LOOK OUT!” and yank the boys out of the way.  It was too late for Adam and what’s-her-face. LOL  This is the picture I drew for Jason who was on his mission at the time.  Wouldn’t want anyone to miss out on the fun!  (Man, I wish I carried a camera in those days!)  I love you, Adam!  Don’t hate me!

Mommytoons….Basically, he said,….

Mommytoons….The ride home from school

Mommytoons – Sign of the times…..

 

Mommytoons - Anyone know a good Waxer??

Mommytoons - What Diets do to me (or "I heart bacon")....

Mommytoons - The set up

Mommytoons - What NOT to say....(x2)

My husband is a jokester.  He LOVES to see the look on someone's face after he says something off the wall.  He, of course, is joking and after laughing apologizes.....but all the same, this is my life!

Now, in case you're concerned....He was joking and I did laugh....later....after I beat him with the scale....(just kidding)....kind of 

Disney on Ice....Schnegel-kins Style!!! (with story)

Now, per request, the story....

Disney on Ice...me, Ella, and the Schnegel Sister in laws!
Me..."Look everyone! I'm the funnest aunt! I brought glowstick bracelets!!"
Ella..."Let's see if I can bend this thing so it will wrap around my boot!!...now I'll nibble on it...now I'll bend it again....AAAAAHHHHH!!!!"
Me...Are you serious??!! Right in your eye??!!
.....running to bathroom....
.....sticking screaming child's head under sink....
....realizing the Kindergardeners in line for the potty all have horrified looks on their faces....
...trying to explain over the screams that everything is going to be okay....
...leaving restroom and looking for medical station....
...being told it's 2 isles over but that that end is blocked off so I'll have to go ALL the way around the arena....
....giving the lady an ARE YOU CRAZY look and being led through the barrier with daughter screaming...EYE!!...MY eye!!!....
....4 paramedics, 3 eye washes, and 1 medical report later....
....all is well....
....we only missed half of Tinkerbell and no one on our row even knew we were gone!!!!

When Gallbladders Attack!!!

So, I've gotten these seemingly random painful attacks several times over the past few years and never knew what they were.  Luckily when I got one Tuesday morning my mom was there, and having had one herself, was able to tell me she thought it was a gallbladder attack.  I looked it up online and sure enough!!  Now, I have to admit they're painful, to say the least, but just the phrase "gallbladder attack" keeps putting these funny visions into my head so I thought I'd illustrate....enjoy!

What's crazier?

So, which do you think is crazier? Taking 3 kids under the age of 2 years old to Target when there's only one seat in the cart and the baby is no longer in a carrier and you forgot the harness............OR................

Trying to take them all to the bathroom with you. No, it could not wait.

Click on the pic for a better view

Chivalry, Where Have You Gone???

So, in an unprecedented attempt to make some storage space and amaze my husband with my carpentry skills, I decided to go to Lowes all by myself and buy wood and brackets to put up a new shelf above our washer and dryer. Little did I know that somehow that thought was so visible in my face that no man would dare offer to aide me in fear of ruining things for my husband. Just as I pull up both children promptly fall asleep. Normally this would have deterred me and I'd have headed home but NO, I was going to do this. So, I rested the sleeping Ella (25 lbs) on one hip, head on my shoulder and swung the not so light carrier with 20 lbs infant Sylvie onto the other arm and headed in knowing I looked like Wonder Woman. I find a cart, pull it out from the line with one foot and swing the carrier across the back. With Ella asleep in my arms I pushed the cart one handed through the huge warehouse back to the lumber section. I got quite a few looks of wonder and pitty as I carried on. The lumber section was full of burly men. I must have looked quite capable as I "thumbed" through the massive piles of heavy lumber one handed looking for just the right pieces. I finally found the 2 I needed, one being about 8 feet long and high up. I had to move the carrier (one handed) into the high seat in the front of the cart to fit the lumber in the back. I then lowered the large piece of wood slowly from the high shelf and then hoisted it up on the only free shoulder I had. I slid it into the back of the cart and without skipping a beat headed over to have it cut. I then maneuvered my super long cart to find the brackets on the other side of the store, to the register and out the door into the parking lot. I first loaded up the sleeping toddler and then set the carrier into it's place. I opened the trunk and slid the long lumber across the back seats and turned to find a very huge, very built man standing behind me...."Ma'am, can I help you with that cart?" at which point he rolled it two parking spaces over into the cart parking and walked away. And who says chivalry is dead?!